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Recycled Water Bottle Rocket


Recycled Water Bottle Rocket - Kid Craft Idea

Water Bottle Rocket Craft

I truly believe that the best craft supplies are free. Imagine all the money you could save, if you just took the time to recycle the items you would normally throw away. Think of it as a two-for-one.

You spent the money for one purpose and now you are going to turn it into another thing. And with summer here & school being out, the boredom is going to start!

So of course you will have the urge {and nagging from children} to buy new craft supplies. In turn you will be spending lots of money to keep them busy. But before you throw anything away next time, picture it as a canvas for your next craft project.

Every toilet paper roll, cardboard box & plastic water bottle that I come across, goes in our stock pile of craft supplies for lil man. I even save tissue paper from gifts we receive, as well as buttons on faded clothes. You never know when you might “need” a particular piece to complete a project.

Recently I took a water bottle & turned it into a rocket for lil man. It was really inexpensive & after a few hours of play, I didn’t feel guilty about throwing it away. After all, it was from recycled pieces I would have thrown away in the first place.

If you would like to make a Water Bottle Rocket with your child, here is what you need to do:

Recycled Water Bottle Rocket

CRAFT SUPPLIES:

  • Clean, empty water bottle – one per rocket craft
  • Various Shades of Tempera Paint {you want something loose/runny}
  • White School Glue
  • Marbles/Old Beads-Anything round that will roll around in the bottle, will do
  • Orange/Red/Purple Tissue Paper

DIRECTIONS:

  • First you will want to paint the inside of the water bottle. To do this, simply squirt a few different colors of paint inside the water bottle.
  • Now drop some marbles/beads in the bottle.
  • Place/tighten cap on the water bottle.
  • Hand it over to your child & let them “shake” the bottle, until the paint covers the entire inside of the bottle. Depending on how you shake or what colors you use, you might get a marble effect inside the bottle.
  • Once the inside of the bottle is completely covered in paint, it’s time to add the flames to the rocket.
  • Together with your child, help tear the tissue paper into various sized strips. Depending on how full you want the flames to look, depends on how many strips you need.
  • Next add a huge dollop of glue on the bottom of the water bottle.
  • Start adding the strips of tissue paper to the glue, to make it look like flames coming out of the water bottle.
  • Finally, the last step is to let the glue dry completely for the flames.
  • When that’s dry enough, hand it over to your child & let them play with their new water bottle rocket creation!

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Recycled Water Bottle Rocket – Kid Craft Idea

After a little imagination {and a few rocket themed stories} our recycled water bottle rocket really came to life right before our eyes. Do you see our vision?

Well friends – that’s it for today! So before you leave, have you used recycled items for crafts? Ever made a rocket like this? Sounds off in the comment section below! We LOVE hearing from you! You can also share pictures of your child’s finished recycled soda bottle rocket on our Facebook page or tag us on Instagram to see! #gluedtomycrafts

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